While Warsaw is fast becoming a hub for foreign companies to locate their central and eastern European headquarters, Poland's other cities are also posting stellar FDI figures, thanks in no small part to the efforts of their local investment agencies.

For years Swaziland has hung on the coat-tails of South Africa. Now the country is coming into its own, thanks to a rise in the World Bank's Doing Business report, strong infrastructure and government support for manufacturing. However, protests over jobs and democracy are increasing

As the Warsaw Stock Exchange prepares to celebrate 20 years of trading, the Polish financial sector is shaking off the dust of the global crisis and confidently working towards establishing its role as the leading financial player in central and eastern Europe

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